What Is The Symbolic Life?

In this episode we explore two key questions:

1. What is the symbolic life?
2. How do we begin to live it?

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Sources for quotes and more:

1. "Now we have no symbolic life..." ~ C.G. Jung from 'The Symbolic Life' in Collected Works, vol. 18 (CW18), par. 627
2. "Our soul may never have rest in anything which is beneath itself." Julian of Norwich from 'Showings' (Classics of Western Spirituality)
3. "The standardized, mass-produced, 'normal' human being..." & "the creative meaning and potentialities of adult existence..." ~ C.G. Jung, from 'The Development of Personality' in CW17, par. 284 
4. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation." ~ Henry David Thoreau in 'Walden'
5. "Man cannot stand a meaningless life." ~ C.G. Jung in "The 'Face to Face' Interview" from C.G. Jung Speaking 
6. The White Snake ~ Grimm's Fairy Tales
7. "There is guidance for each of us..." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson in 'Spiritual Laws' from Essays: First Series

Music:
"Dreaming Days" and "Slow Vibing" by Ketsa are licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0